Olympic Stadium Roof Collapses

No one was injured but the expos had to move their final 13 home games of that season to the opponents cities.

Olympic stadium roof collapses.

It happened monday afternoon as workers prepared for an automotive show at. A view of stadium sports and concert complex petersburgsky collapsed during disassembly of the roof in st petersburg russia on friday. Work has begun to install a new roof on the olympic stadium as part of a 190m transformation of the east london venue. All market data delayed 20 minutes.

It was the latest chapter in the difficult history of the stadium built for the 1976 summer olympics and home to the montreal expos baseball team. A construction worker died friday during a planned dismantling of the sports and concert complex in st. Russian officials say a worker was killed after a soviet era sports complex collapsed during planned demolition work in saint petersburg. Dismantling montreal s olympic stadium would be foolish says man in charge the stadium and.

Work has begun to install a new roof on the olympic stadium as part of a 190m transformation. 56 t concrete slab to fall onto an exterior walkway. Media caption up above the stadium s new roof structure. Dramatic aerial footage surfaced on social media showing a harrowing.

The roof is so weak that the stadium can t be used as an indoor venue if 1 2 inches or more of snow is forecast. The stadium s cavernous design proved a disaster for major league sports and is. At twice the size. Olympic stadium s blue roof and new scoreboard installed in 2015 on september 8 of that year support beams snapped and caused a 55 long ton 62 short ton.

The quebec government has committed to a new 250 million roof for montreal s olympic stadium by 2023. Snow came crashing down injuring five people.